Tron: Legacy

There’s no point in poking holes in this. It is what it is. In certain sequences, the design and effects were stunning. The light cycle sequence, the one the filmmakers were absolutely forbidden to fuck up, must have taken years to produce. It was truly awesome. But other effects seemed rushed and shoddy. The young version of Jeff Bridges looks like those weird, dead-eyed kids from Polar Express. Attempts at story were lazy and conventional. Like the old movie, I didn’t know what was going on most of the time. It just goes to show, no matter how revolutionary the technical achievement is, if there’s no relatable characters, or even a cohesive premise, then it’s never going to be more than a get high and eat popcorn kind of night.